20 Most Recent 2002 Oldsmobile Alero - Page 9 Questions & Answers

Remove the coolant (usualy at the expansion tank) cap and see if there is a floating switch and if so meter it to see if it is working as it should or else just replace it.

Gear in your transmission is wearing of at end. Grinding would be a synchronizer.

In most cases you need to drive 50-100 miles in various conditions including city and highway. The engine must be at normal operating temp before the cycle will count.

The security light is a visual indication that something in the car's antitheft system is failing. In most GM cars and trucks there is a hidden system that most people are unaware even exists. From the moment you put your key in the ignition, there begins a constant line of communication between your key's security chip or transponder, to the ignition's lock cylinder, and then to the car's TDM (Theft Deterrent Module). These 3 parts are in CONSTANT communication. If the key is in the ignition, then these parts are sending signals to each other. The security light illuminates when that signal gets broken, even just for a second. When the signal breaks, the car misinterprets this as an attempt at theft and goes into antitheft mode. The car thinks its being stolen or hotwired because it is not getting that signal from YOUR specific key. This is why the security light turns on and shuts down your vehicle. http://vatspasslockpasskeysecurityhelp.yolasite.com/

I would get your brake pads and disc's checked they my be warped or damaged.As for the turning off problem i would go get and electrical test might be the ignition coil.

Nope...follow the path of the screws. Remove that screw you see and you should be able to remove the assembly and see the bulb.

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Flashing check engine means shut off the car immediately, engine or catalytic convertor damage if you keep the car runnning . Never disconnect the battery from a running car it can fry the alternator. Sounds like a spark plug or ignition coil or ignition wire problem.

Take the line to a brake shop and have a new one made to the shape .Steel lines have an double flare and it this is not performed properly the line will again break at the fitting. This is a legal requirement from the transport authority.

There is no generator, only the alternator. You may be confusing a generator with a voltage regulator? In modern cars, the regulator is inside the alternator. It's all one piece. Be sure and take the negative battery terminal off before removing the alternator.